Vote no in poll and complain

[steffijade]

Outrageous bullcrap in the Mirror : E-cigarette health scare erupts as officials highlight "serious" cancer risk of vaping - Mirror Online

Vote no in their bullshit poll and if you wish, make a complaint to IPSO on the grounds of accuracy (misleading by suggesting that vaping is more harmful than smoking) and right to reply (biased article that offers no counterpoint view and no opportunity for rebuttal).

https://www.ipso.co.uk/ipso/makeacomplaint/makingacomplaint.html

This kind of bullshit is not only highly misleading but could lead to actual harm as current smokers considering trying vaping would be put off and some vapers might well return to smoking because they think it's less harmful.

This kind of crap needs to be jumped on and challenged.

 

[shezzuk1]

Anyone who believes anything the 'Mirror' writes, or come to that the Guardian too, needs their head testing...

 

[steffijade]

Anyone who believes anything the 'Mirror' writes, or come to that the Guardian too, needs their head testing...

Unfortunately, it's often the kind of person that gets their daily digest of 'facts' from newspapers and wouldn't normally use the internet that much who are the sort of people that vaping seems to be passing by, if you know what I mean.

We all know the article is bullshit but a lot of the readers won't know and it's for their sake that this kind of bull needs to be highlighted and targeted.

 

[Ment]

Done

 

[EmbraSewerRat]

Voted no.

Agree with you that a fair few people still read tabloids and get their 'facts' from such shoddy attempts at journalism.

I am now scouring my hard drive to remove all taints of the mirror....

 

[Diche]

Done the poll and I will be forwarding a complaint this afternoon. To use the NJEM stuff after the author has made a statement decrying its use out of context is atrocious.

 

[Mawsley]

There's putting a slant on a story - and then there's ignoring the story and publishing a work of fiction laced with bile.

Disgusting journalism.

 

[Audiopsyence]

For anyone interested, this piece in the NY Times helps explain why the original study was almost worthless.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/opinion/joe-nocera-is-vaping-worse-than-smoking.html?_r=1


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[TuX93]

Done.

I've had several people at work mention this today. I don't even vape inside the building or anywhere near the building.

 

[scrumpox]

What's the point of the complaint? Lazy journalism in The Mirror? Shock fucking horror ...